{"id":2304464,"date":"2024-07-21T22:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T02:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-taps-former-obama-and-bush-administration-officials-to-investigate-trump-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-21T22:48:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T02:48:37","slug":"mayorkas-enlists-ex-obama-and-bush-officials-to-probe-alleged-trump-assassination-plot-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-enlists-ex-obama-and-bush-officials-to-probe-alleged-trump-assassination-plot-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayorkas enlists ex-Obama and Bush officials to probe alleged Trump assassination plot &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmayorkas-enlists-ex-obama-and-bush-officials-to-probe-alleged-trump-assassination-plot-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2304464&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Mayorkas has chosen\u200c former officials from \u2064both the Obama and Bush administrations to lead an independent\u2063 investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Trump. The investigation, ordered by President Biden,\u2064 will include former \u2062Homeland Security and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rapid-reactions-government-corruption-from-d-c-to-wuhan\/\" title=\"Government corruption: D.C. to Wuhan, a global concern.\">law \u2062enforcement officials<\/a> and will last for 45 days. \u2064Mayorkas expressed\u200d gratitude for \u2062the panel&#8217;s\u200d expertise and commitment to uncovering \u200cthe events of \u200dJuly 13 \u200band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/surviving-family-furious-after-suspect-who-allegedly-admitted-to-black-liberation-army-killing-of-police-officers-report\/\" title=\"Family outraged as suspect who allegedly confessed to killing police officers in the name of the &#039;Black Liberation Army&#039; remains at large, report says\">preventing \u2063similar incidents<\/a> in \u200dthe future. The Department\u200b of Homeland Security and the Secret Service have faced \u2064increased scrutiny following the shooting at Trump&#8217;s rally,\u2064 with Secret\u200d Service \u2062Director Kimberly Cheatle facing calls for resignation and \u200cexpected to \u200ctestify before \u2064the House Oversight Committee.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Mayorkas taps former Obama and Bush administration officials to investigate Trump assassination attempt<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1708335\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Homeland Security Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alejandro-mayorkas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Alejandro Mayorkas\">Alejandro Mayorkas<\/a> has released the names of the members who will lead the independent investigation into the attempted assassination of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald%20trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The independent investigation, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3081790\/biden-orders-independent-investigation-into-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"was ordered by\">was ordered by<\/a> President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> last week, taps former Homeland Security officials who served under previous administrations, as well as law enforcement officials. The panel&rsquo;s investigation will take place over a 45-day period, according to a press release sent out by the Department of Homeland Security Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The panel includes former DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano who served under President Barack Obama; Frances Townsend, former Homeland Security advisor to President George W. Bush; Mark Filip, a former federal judge and Deputy Attorney General to President George W. Bush; and David Mitchell, the former superintendent of Maryland State Police and former Secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Homeland Security for the State of Delaware.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are committed to getting to the bottom of what happened on July 13, and I am grateful to the distinguished members of this independent review who will bring decades of expertise in law enforcement and security operations to this important investigation,&rdquo; said Mayorkas in a statement. &ldquo;This independent review will examine what happened and provide actionable recommendations to ensure they carry out their no-fail mission most effectively and to prevent something like this from ever happening again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security and the Secret Service have been under increased scrutiny following the shooting at Trump&rsquo;s Bulter County, Pennsylvania rally in which 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks injured the former president, killed one rally attendee, and injured two others.<\/p>\n<p>Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has been faced with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3089929\/secret-service-director-resignation-gop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"calls to resign\">calls to resign<\/a> in the week since the shooting and is expected to testify in front of the House Oversight Committee on Monday. Cheatle has resisted calls for her to step down, though she did admit that the shooting was &ldquo;unacceptable&rdquo; in an interview with ABC News.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The buck stops with me,&rdquo; Cheatle said, noting that as the director of the Secret Service, the responsibility to investigate the security lapses fall on her. &ldquo;I need to make sure that we are performing a review and that we are giving resources to our personnel as necessary.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who is among the Republicans calling on Cheatle to resign, has announced he plans to create a special task force in order to consolidate congressional investigations on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Secret Service admitted Saturday that it had denied requests from the former president&rsquo;s team for increased security and resources.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In some instances where specific Secret Service specialized units or resources were not provided, the agency made modifications to ensure the security of the protectee,&rdquo; Guglielmi told the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;This may include utilizing state or local partners to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-confirms-that-some-requests-from-trump-detail-were-denied-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Secret Service confirms that some requests from Trump detail were denied - Washington Examiner\">provide specialized functions<\/a> or otherwise identifying alternatives to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-confirms-that-some-requests-from-trump-detail-were-rejected-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Secret Service confirms that some requests from Trump detail were rejected - Washington Examiner\">reduce public exposure<\/a> of a protectee.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1708335\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1708335\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayorkas has appointed former officials from the Obama and Bush administrations to investigate the attempted assassination of Trump. The panel will conduct a 45-day investigation and provide recommendations to prevent similar incidents in the future. Cheatle, the Secret Service Director, has faced calls to resign but has stated that she takes responsibility for the security lapses. House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to create a task force to consolidate congressional investigations. The Secret Service admitted to denying requests for increased security for Trump&#8217;s rally<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2912,"featured_media":2304465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/alejandro-mayorkas-dhs.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[35761,4589,5058,5315,3634],"class_list":["post-2304464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-assassination-plot","tag-bush","tag-mayorkas","tag-obama","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/alejandro-mayorkas-dhs.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2304464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2304464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2304464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2304465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2304464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2304464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2304464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}